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. O. D. HALDEMAN.

HORSE TAIL TIE.

No. 549,638. Patented N0v. 12, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES D. HALDEMAN, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO 0. M. DE

WOLF, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-TAIL TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,638, dated November12, 1895. Application filed December 7,1894. semi No. 531,162. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. HALDEMAN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State ofIowa, have invented an Improved Horse-Tail Tie, of which the followingis a specification.

Heretofore two metal plates have been hinged together by means of twospiral springs in such a manner that their free edges could bedetachably fastened together and the space between their hinged edgesenlarged by stretching the springs, so that when the plates were claspedaround the tail of a horse the contractile force of the springs wouldclamp the plates fast to the tail.

My object is to clamp two parallel coiled springs entirely aroundahorses tail by means of plates fixed to the ends of the springs in sucha manner that the coils of the springs will become partially embedded inthe hair at two different planes or points of elevation and the plateswill be on the outside of the springs and not in contact with the hair.

My invention consists in the device hereinafter set forth, pointed outin the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the coils extended and the inside surfaces of the metalclasps fixed to the ends of the wire coils. Fig. 2 is an edge View ofthe device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the completetie in a closed position. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of the overlyingclasping-plates on the ends of the wire coils.

The letters A and B designate two parallel lengths of coiled wire,preferably brass.

O is a metal plate slightly curved and bent at right angles at one endto project over the ends of the wires A and B, that are fastened theretoby soldering or in any suitable way. The other end of the plate hasintegral hooks d and d, adapted to engage coils of the wire, asrequired, to retain the end of the plate connected with the wires atsome distance from their ends. A series of transverse slots f in theplate allow a plate at the other ends of the wires to be detachably andadjustably connected with the plate 0, as required, to

fasten the complete device to a horses tail.

H is a metal plate corresponding in size and form with the plate 0 andis fixed to the other ends of the wires A and B to project outwardtherefrom.

J is an integral hook on the free end of the plate H, adapted to enterthe slots fin the plate 0 and to overlie and clasp fast thereto, asshown in Fig. 3, and as required in fastening and unfastening thecomplete device to a horses tail. Flanges at its parallel edges preventit from lateral movement relative to the under plate 0. By thusconnecting the ends of the wirecoils A and B with the plates 0 and H,that extend longitudinallyin the plane of the wire coils, the twoparallel coils and not the plates are adapted to engage the hair of ahorses tail and to become embedded therein, as required, to prevent thetie from slipping or the hair that is clasped thereby from escaping fromthe hold of the tie.

To tie up a horses tail with my improved device, I double up the hairand then draw the wires A and B around the hair and clasp the metalplates 0 and H together. The resilienoy of the hair will cause them topress outward above and below and also between the parallel lengths ofwire and prevent the device from slipping or becoming loose anddisplaced until the hook J is withdrawn from the plate A by manualeffort.

I claim as my invention- An improved horse tail tie, comprising twolengths of coiled wire in parallel position, a curved metal plate,having a series of transverse slots, fixed to the parallel ends of thetwo wire coils at one of its ends and to the parallel wire coils at somedistance from their ends to overlay them, and a second curved metalplate, having a hook at one end, fixed to the other parallel ends of thewire coils to project outward therefrom and adapted to overlay anddetachably connect with the first named curved metal plate in the mannerset forth for the purposes stated.

J NO. H. DE WOLF, THOMAS G. ORWIG.

